[Verse 1]
Remember when you were
More easily led
Behind the cricket pavilion
And the bicycle shed
Grass stains on your blazer
Chalk dust on my neck
You traced your name in cobwebs
On a rusted metal frame
[Chorus]
Remember when you were more easily led
Past the shouting and the scoreboards
Where the brave ones fled
By the boundary rope
Where the grown-ups never checked
By the cricket pavilion
And the bicycle shed
Where the crickets sang
A tiny orchestra in red
And the shed held quiet kingdoms
Vehicles
Intact and wrecked
[Verse 2]
You stole your brother’s lighter
Held it like a crown
We swapped cheap secrets
Till the sun fell down
Moths around the window
Dust in every breath
You said
“Swear you won’t forget this
”
Like you could outtalk death
[Chorus]
Remember when you were more easily led
Past the shouting and the scoreboards
Where the brave ones fled
By the boundary rope
Where the grown-ups never checked
By the cricket pavilion
And the bicycle shed
Where the crickets sang
A tiny orchestra in red
And the shed held quiet kingdoms
Vehicles
Intact and wrecked